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Page 8, Portland Observer, October 2, 1986 DUCKS BLASTED BY NEBRASKA Blazers open fall training camp by Jerry Garner Leonard Hill. 33. from Klamath Falls, pulled away from last year's win net Alan Knoop of Oregon City, at about the 17 mile point and kept the lead, w inning the 14th Portland M arathon Hill finished the 26 2 mile course in 2 hours 19 m inutes. 42 seconds Lynn Friedman Bernot, a Portland psychiatrist was the wom en's winner w ith a tim e of 2 51 25 (Photo Richard J Brown) Basketball star M ich a e l Jo rd a n signs as spokesm an fo r C oke ( o ta C ola USA announced that M ichael Jo id a n , star guard to r the C hicago B u lls, has signed an agreement lo become a comm ercial spokesman lo t the Company. Jordan, last year's N a tio n a l B asketball A sso cia tio n (N B A ) R ookie o l tlie Year, w ill appear in te le visio n , ra d io and p rin t adser tlsements lot Coca ( ola. He w ill also make public appearances, lo include coaching clinics and prom otional ac tivities, lo i ( oca ( ola USA and its bottlers “ A nyone w ho has ever w atched basketball knows the th r ill and ex citement that Michael Jordan brings to the game," said Kay Thomas, vice president. Bottler Operations Depar tment, ( oca Cola USA. " W e are c o n fid e n t that M ichael w ill generate that same kind o f ex citement lo r Coca-Cola," he said A native o f W ilm in g to n , N .C ., Jordan is widely recognized as one of the most com plete, m u lti-ta le n te d players in the N BA His electrifying moves and e x tra d rd in a ry ju m p in g a b ility gained him w idespread p o p u la rity in his firs t professional season. A lte r com pleting an outstanding college basketball career at the University o f N orth Carolina, he was the top d ra ft pick fo r the C hicago Bulls in 1984 A t N orth C arolina, Jordan was a consensus A ll-A m e ric a n and was named college player o f the year in 1983 and '84 He also was the leading scorer in the A tla n tic Coast ( on ference(ACC) in 'HI and 'H4 As a freshman, Jordan was selected A t ( Kookie ot the Year and scored the w in n in g basket when the Tar Heels won the 1982 national cham pionship lo p p in g o il his am ateur career, Jordan co-captained the United States basketball team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in I os Angeles " I n ad d ition to all his basketball talent. Michael is a delightful and im pressive young man who is becoming popular with sports fans throughout the w o rld ," Thomas said. “ W e 're lo o k in g fo rw a rd lo working with him to further enhance the image o f the w orld's leading soft drink. Coca ( o la ." The Portland Trail Blazers opened th e ir 1985-86 T ra in in g C am p last Friday at Green Meadows G o lf and A th le tic C lu b . On the same day, guard Terry Porter, the Blazer's first- round draft pick, and Ben Coleman, free agent fo rw a rd o f M a ry la n d , signed contracts with the Blazers The signing o f Porter and (o le m a n by the Blazers means that every player in the T ra in in g ( am p is now under co n tract . In a ll, 16 players are tryin g fo r the twelve starting positions. Seven of the sixteen are either rookies or free agents. They are Brett Applegate, Joe Atkinson, Ben Coleman, Ken Green, Ken Johnson, and Perry Young, all fo rw a rd s . P o rte r is the o n ly guard among the newcomers. In the annual two-mile run, Darnell Valentine finished first with a time o f 10 m inutes and 11 seconds, Joe Atkinson was second and Steve Colter third. The Blazers should be a stronger rebounding team this year w ith the addition of 6-9 Coleman and 6-8 Ken Johnson o f Michigan State. Coleman and Johnson were acquired by th e i Blazers in a trade w ith the Chicago Bulls. Coleman was a second-round draft pick o f the Bulls last season, but opted to play in Ita ly when he co u ld n't reach a contract agreement with the Bulls. When Coleman was asked to com pare the P ro League in Ita ly to the N B A , he replied, "th e re 's better com pen ion in the N B A " Coleman said he looked forw ard to playing in the N B A W h ile at M a ry la n d , Coleman played center and guarded 7-4 Ralph Sampson when Maryland played arch A ( .( riv a l V irg in ia Coleman said the referee wouldn't let anyone touch Sampson. Ken Johnson, a second round draft pick ol the Bulls, was obtained by the Blazers lo r M ike Sincek Johnson said he is excited to be playing lor the I ra il Blazers. W hen Johnson was asked to comment on his strong poin ts, he replied, “ A lth o u g h I am 6-8 and 250 pounds, I am quick and I can run the co u rt w e ll.” Johnson con tiriu cd , " th is , plus the coaching o f Coach Ramsey and tips from Kenny Carr, w ill improve my game at power fo r w a r d .” l ast year at M ich ica n State, Johnson averaged almost 11 rebounds and 11 points jier game. Coach Jack Ramsey said that he is pleased w ith the m ake-up o f this year's team. He said that last year rookies Sam Bowie, Steve ( olter and Jerome Kersey have a year's experien ce under their belt Also K ik i Van deweghe is m ore fa m ilia r w ith the system since he came fro m Denver. When Coach Ramsey was asked whether he though the acquisition o f former Blazer Maurice Lucas by the W orld Champion Lakers would help that club, he replied, "Lucas can still play; it a ll depends on w hether he wants to play.” The T ra il Blazers w ill play eight pre-season games. T h e ir firs t game w ill be O ct. 5, against the Phoenix Suns in Phoenix. The Blazers' firs t pre-season game in Oregon w ill be played on Oct. 10 against the Golden State W arriors in M edford. OR. The Blazers w ill play only two pre-season games in the M e m o ria l C oliseum : Oct. 12 against Phoenix and Oct. 19 against the I A Clippers. Last week the University o f Oregon D ucks' lack o f defense was exposed by the N ebraska C o rn h u ske rs. N ebraska blasted the D ucks last Saturday in L in c o ln 63-0. The ro u t brought the follow ing response from Ducks Coach Rich Brooks, "y o u did not see our fo o tb a ll team today; our football team did not show up.” The Ducks commuted six turnovers against Nebraska and could manage o n ly 106 to ta l yards to the C o r nhuskers' 589 Grambling coach ties “ Bear" Bryant in wins Last Saturday in Shreveport, 1 A, (¡ra m b lin g State U n iv e rs ity Tigers defeated Oregon State 23-6 In the process, G ra m b lin g Coach E ddie R obinson tied the record o f A la b a m a 's legedary Coach Paul " B e a r " B ryant fo r the most career football victories o f 323 wins Nearly 14,(MX) fans w atched G ra m b lin g defeat Oregon State in the Indepen dence Stadium. R obinson, 66, w ho is in his 43rd season at G ra m b lin g , w ill seek to break the record next week when (■rambling travels to Dallas to play P ra irie View A & M in the C o tto n Bowl this Saturday. D u rin g R o b in so n ’ s 43 years at (■ram bling, he sent m ore than 200 players to the professional rank I he firs t was la n k Y ounger, the great linebacker and lu llb a c k c r w ith the I os Angeles Rams from 1949 to 1957 Tank Younger was the firs t Blavk player in the N a tio n a l F o o tb a ll I cague. Not only did Oregon State lose the game to (¡ra m b lin g , the Beavers lost starting quarterback I nc Wilhelm for the season when he suffered injuries to his right knee on the final play o f the third quarter. Roof Coating is my Business Let me make a new roof out of your old roof. TONY WEST A N D JO H N LEE (Photo Richard J Brown) PCC coach helps local athletes John I ee. head basketball coach at Portland Community College (PCC) is try in g to get local high school students to consider PCC before a t tending a four year institution. Coach I ee says that many athletes are not prepared to go directly from a high school basketball program in to a major college program I ee said that he w ould like to develop a "fe e d e r p ro g ia m " at P ( ( U nder this p ro g ra m , basketball players w ill receive counseling that w ill prepare them to r the academic life o f m ajor colleges in order to deal with the pressure ol big time college basketball I ee stated that he has seen many local high school basketball placets who went lo a tour-year in stitution and, lor some reason, didn't » .1 make it. They return to the co m m u n ity and th in k o f themselves as failures because they couldn't make it academically or couldn't fit into the program. I ee tries to pick a four-year college fo r a p o te n tia l transfer student in their first year o f junior college Last season, three players from the team tra n sfe rre d to fo u r-ye a r colleges. H owever, Lee w ould like fo r every player to leave PCC with at least an A A degree. "W e tell our players you are here for a reason, not a season,” says Lee. PCC w ill have its first practice on O ctober 25 and open the season in November against Lower C olum bia Community College As Low As $2oo° a Sq. I also rebuild ch im n eys, repair g u tters and d o w n sp o u ts. • 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE • • WORK GUARANTEED • Call 287-8474 Financing Available 287 3296 A
